Texas Rangers will let Josh Hamilton hit the open market before making an offer

quote:The Texas Rangers will not be making any offers to Josh Hamilton before he hits the open market in free agency.

Clubs have a chance to negotiate with their own prospective free agents, but Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said the team agreed with Hamilton's representatives that the slugger would test the market, so they'll wait to see how it shakes out.

"If you've gone this far, you're going to test the market," Daniels said. "The realities are when a guy goes out and tests the market and it's this close, you're not going to pre-empt it. I think he's going to go out and test the market and see what's out there and get back to us.

"No door has been closed. We're also very realistic about when a star player hits free agency at this point and the history of them returning to their original club. So we have to prepare both ways and prepare the club for the possibility that he's not back.

re: Texas Rangers will let Josh Hamilton hit the open market before making an offer(Posted by Baloo on 10/9/12 at 3:52 pm to mattz1122)

quote:If I were a Rangers fan, I'd be concerned about my aging/injured core of bats.

I kind've think that's the thought of letting Hamilton walk. time to remake the team. Elvis and Moreland are the only returning starters under 30 (though Kinsler, Napoli, and Murphy are all 30 on the nose). Bring up Profar and Olt. Let Hamilton and Napoli walk. Move Young to the bench. That means you're only truly "old" starter is Beltre, who just had a MVP level season.